The Psalms (WEB)

Psalm 58

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David.

 ^58:1Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones?
      Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

 ^58:2No, in your heart you plot injustice.
      You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

 ^58:3The wicked go astray from the womb.
      They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

 ^58:4Their poison is like the poison of a snake;
      Like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
      ^58:5Which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers,
      No matter how skillful the charmer may be.

 ^58:6Break their teeth, God, in their mouth.
      Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.

 ^58:7Let them vanish as water that flows away.
      When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

 ^58:8Let them be as a snail which melts and passes away,
      Like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

 ^58:9Before your pots can feel the thorns,
      He will sweep away, the green and the burning alike.

 ^58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance.
      He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
      ^58:11So that men shall say, "Most assuredly there is a reward for the righteous.

 Most assuredly there is a God who judges the earth."

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